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'Three Self-Portrait Studies' by Francis Bacon from the Contemporary Art Evening Auction, February 2013

London | February 2013

Cheyenne Westphal discusses Francis Bacon's extraordinary triptych, which is among the most elegiac of his eleven works in this format.

Contemporary Art Evening Auction L13020

12 February 2013 | 7:00 PM GMT | London

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